CSotD: Retirements: Some wanted, others regretted
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Tom the Dancing Bug, with such a complete takedown of Scalia's comments during arguments for the Voting Rights Act case that I've got little to add, except that I hope we get a couple of SC resignations after the current session, or at least before we get a change in the White House.
Early would be better. It's hard to believe the GOP would think they could get away with stalling a Supreme Court nominee indefinitely, the way they've sat on other, less visible appointments and legislation, but one never knows.
And while it might be a good thing if the Republicans continue to shoot themselves in the foot with voters, (1) you can't guarantee that they won't smarten up at some point, and (2) it doesn't make sense for some of these folks to stick around for the next administration anyway: Ruth Bader Ginsburg turns 80 today (Happy birthday and many more, particularly if you don't decide to step down!), while Kennedy will be 77 later this year and Breyer 75.
Paul Ryan may feel they're all too young to retire, but they won't need Social Security to make ends meet anyway, while working Americans indeed need a buffer against people like Paul Ryan.
Not to mention some votes to balance Antonin Scalia and his comical sidekick, Clarence.
It's not "packing the court" to seek balance, particularly when partisanship has replaced reason and logic.
That is, you could fling their own previous condemnations of "judicial activism" back in the faces of those who support Scalia's position, but why expect that to do anything? Reminding them of their previous demands for up-and-down votes hasn't appeared to have much impact, nor has citing previous conservative positions on health care legislation.
As said here before, anyone who thinks it doesn't matter who sits in the White House hasn't paid much attention to who is sitting on the Supreme Court.
Thank goodness that Ruben Bolling has. Sometimes about the only thing you can do is keep the topic alive, and he does a fine job of that.
And so, from the Bench to the Bookstore:
One of the no-longer-around strips I most joyously follow in reruns is Rob Harrell's "Big Top." He's got an intelligent wit that combines gentle and silly in a way that repeatedly sneaks up on you, no matter how prepared you think you are. I don't, as a rule, feature rerun comics here except for actual classic examples, but that is a strip you really should be following.
Which makes me very excited, sight unseen, about Rob's new graphic novel, "The Monster on the Hill."
I don't know much about it except a few pages he's shown, and reliable reports from the comics community that it's a hoot. But his track record is enough that I'm not sure I need more than that.
And while we're on the subject …
… of much-missed comic strips enjoyed in reruns, one of the blurbateers on that previous link is a Mr. Richard Thompson of Arlington, Virginia, who is in the process of releasing "The Complete Cul de Sac," which will be available in November just in time for Thanksgiving gifting. Or you could hide it for a few weeks and make it a ChristmasHannukahKwanzaaNewYear's gift.
But I'd go for Thanksgiving, myself: Rabbit and turkey taste quite a bit alike, particularly if both are stuffed with polyfill.
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